COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTIONFrom label: 2011. Malty and complex, this big beer has a strong caramel backbone supporting oak and whiskey flavors with hints of dark fruits. The nose wafts coconut, toffee and a smooth hint of alcohol. The flavor and aroma merge, becoming one after a single sip. There is a touch of bitterness and it will age well.
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Additional notes (not on label / from brewer): Dry Dock Brewery will only produce 120 cases of this beer. it will be released the first week of October.
Bligh’s Barleywine Ale will be only the second seasonal beer that Dry Dock has bottled. Its first, Apricot Blonde, came out in June and will be off the shelves by the end of September. A third seasonal, Wee Heavy Scotch Ale, is slated for release on November 14.
All are sold in 22-ounce bomber bottles.

22 oz bottle, 2012. Deep, clear garnet brown with a beige haze. Nose is caramel, buttered rum and bourbon banana. Hints of dark fruit and candied citrus. Drool. After the first sip i realize this could be tough to finish before the end of the Phil’s game (win!). Hot and sticky with building alcohol. Taste is caramel, vanilla and raisin that fades into bourbon and musty wood. I wish this tasted half as awesome as it smells. Maybe with some age if i get another bottle.

This 22oz bomber is courtesy of Doodler, thanks man! It pours with a clear copper body that supports a thin tan head. The aroma offers up raisins and prunes and brown sugar mixed with mild smooth bourbon notes. The taste is pretty darn smooth with prunes and raisin fruity esters sliding into firm levels of bourbon notes. At first it seems far too barrel forward but after a few ounces the balance with the beer notes came around and made for a more enjoyable experience.

Very sweet with strong flavors of caramel, bourbon, cookies, brown sugar, and raisins. Very rich and complex with minimal hop presence. Slightly less carbonated than I would like, but overall a really great barleywine.

Bottle at home. Pour is murky brownish-amber with little-to-no head. Big toffee, caramel, light coconut, a hint of vanilla, somewhat nutty, figs, raisins, and almonds in the aroma. Taste is big figs, dark fruits, with a touch of spice and coconut through the middle, with lighter notes of sweet caramel and brown sugar, ending with a light alcoholic bite on the backend. Slick mouthfeel with almost no carbonation. Not a bad barley wine, and isn’t overpowered by the barrel treatment, at all, but the fact that it barely has carbonation really hurts it IMO.

Pours dark brown with no head. Aroma is figs, dark fruit, maple syrup, and caramel. Taste is caramel, vanilla, slight bourbon and oak, and a bouquet of figs, raisins, and prunes. Very mild to no carbonation, syrupy thick mouthfeel. Nice

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